STG is the cart-intelligence platform behind some of the largest cart fleets in North America. We come from Bemis, Sigfox, and the Amazon Dash Cart program.
Cart-tracking the way it should work: Built by literally going out in the field and looking for carts, not sitting behind a desk.
While at Bemis and Sigfox, the founders launched the first true IoT-based cart tracking program in Portland, OR. The pilot worked — but only where Sigfox, a variation of LoRa, coverage worked.
More than a dozen stores joined the program, each one piecing together off-the-shelf hardware, connectivity, and software. Each pilot at Bemis had successes but limitations existed with the software and LoRa-based coverage.
Bemis sold its cart program to Americana. Sigfox USA dissolved. The original pilots ended with them. The founders began designing a universal cart-tracking platform — not tied to one cart brand, not tied to one carrier.
STG officially launches. QuickTrack utilizes cellular instead of Sigfox/LoRa. A custom software platform — purpose-built for the retrieval problem — replaces the off-the-shelf stack.
Thousands of carts tracked across the country, with average fleet retention holding at 79% — at stores that previously ran 0% or worse. Automated retrieval routing, custom cart housings, and indoor/outdoor location intelligence ship in subsequent releases.
Material handling. Motorized carts. Returnable packaging. The platform was never just about shopping carts: STG is committed to providing intelligence to retail, logistics and manufacturing operations that delivers cost-effective results.
What's different about STG is they're operators first. They built this by going and living the problem with retailers.
